Supporting Information （Environmental Science and Pollution Research）:
Comparison study on species sensitivity distribution of species from China and America
Xiaonan Wang · Zhenguang Yan ·Zhengtao Liu ·Cong Zhang· Weili Wang · Handong Li
X. Wang · Z. Yan () · Z. Liu () · W. Wang · H. Li
State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment,
State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Ecological Effect and Risk Assessment of Chemicals,
Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences,
An wai da yang fang 8, Chaoyang District,
Beijing 100012, China
X. Wang
College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875,China
Corresponding author:
Zhengtao Liu, Zhenguang Yan
P.R. China
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C. Zhang
School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875,China
Table S1 LC50/EC50 for species in China for As3+
Taxa / Species scientific name / LC50/EC50 (μg L-1)Invertebrate / Caenorhabditis elegans / 179000
Daphnia magna / 2518.46
Ceriodaphnia dubia / 1448
Ceriodaphnia reticulata / 981
Simocephalus serrulatus / 1400
Daphnia pulex / 1800
Chironomus sp. / 33217.48
Polypedilum sp. / 68950.15
vertebrate / Carassius auratus / 44900
Ictalurus punctatus / 32824.38
Lepomis macrochirus / 31954.15
Oncorhynchus kisutch / 14500
Oncorhynchus mykiss / 18451.05
Thymallus arcticus / 11600
Table S2 LC50/EC50 for species in America for As3+
Taxa / Species scientific name / LC50/EC50 (μg L-1)Invertebrate / Ceriodaphnia reticulata / 1511
Simocephalus vetulus / 1700
Simocephalus
Serrulatus / 812
Daphnia magna / 4449
Daphnia pulex / 1626
Gammarus pseudolimnaeus / 874
Tanytarsus dissimilis / 97000
Pteronarcys californica / 22040
Aplexa hypnorum / 24500
vertebrate / Lepomis macrochirus / 41760
Carassius auratus / 26040
Jordanella floridae / 20130
Ictalurus punctatus / 18100
Salvelinus fontinalis / 14960
Oncorhynchus mykiss / 13340
Pimephales promelas / 14065
Table S3 LC50/EC50 for species in China for Cr6+
Taxa / Species scientific name / LC50/EC50 (μg L-1)Invertebrate / Diaphanosoma brachyurum / 3.00
Daphnia hyalina / 22.00
Daphnia magna / 24.20
Daphnia pulex / 36.30
Simocephalus serrulatus / 40.90
Ceriodaphnia reticulata / 45.20
Daphnia carinata / 61.34
Daphnia obtusa / 118.45
Ceriodaphnia dubia / 144.50
Macrobrachium nipponense / 2241.00
Tubifex tubifex / 2462.81
Bryocamptus minutus / 3560.00
Attheyella crassa / 3820.00
Philodina roseola / 7183.29
Lumbriculus variegatus / 12095.45
Gobiocypris rarus / 111240.00
vertebrate / Aristichthys nobilis / 10700
Pelteobagrus fulvidraco / 15790
Rana chensiensis / 28810
Gasterosteus aculeatus / 33985.29
Bufo melanostictus / 49290
Bufo viridis Laurenti / 50000
Monopterus albus / 60550
Rana hexadactyla / 65261.01
Gobiocypris rarus / 98722
Clarias batrachus / 162390
Thymallus arcticus / 169115.35
Carassius auratus / 171149.06
Cyprinus carpio / 346700
Table S4 LC50/EC50 for species in America for Cr6+
Taxa / Species scientific name / LC50/EC50 (μg L-1)Invertebrate / Hyalella azteca / 630
Crangonyx pseudogracilis / 583
Gammarus pseudolimnaeus / 67.1
Orconectes rusticus / 176000
Ceriodaphnia reticulata / 45.1
Ceriodaphnia reticulata / 40.9
Simocephalus serrulatus / 32.3
Daphnia magna / 23.07
Daphnia pulex / 36.3
Neophasganophora capitata / 1870000
Enallagma aspersum / 140000
Chironomus tentans / 61000
Tanytarsus dissimilis / 57300
Lophopodella carteri / 1560
Pectinatella magnifica / 1440
Plumatella emarginata / 650
Physa heterostropha / 23010
vertebrate / Lepomis cyanellus / 114700
Lepomis macrochirus / 132900
Carassius auratus / 119500
Pomoxis annularis / 72600
Oncorhynchus mykiss / 69000
Notropis atherinoides / 48400
Notropis chrysocephalus / 85600
Notropis stramineus / 74600
Campostoma anomalum / 51250
Salvelinus fontinalis / 59000
Ericymba buccata / 49600
Pimephalas notatus / 54225
Poecilia reticulata / 30000
Pimephales promelas / 41050
Etheostoma nigrum / 46000
Perca flavescens / 36300
Morone saxatilis / 30450
Table S5 LC50/EC50 for species in China for Hg2+
Taxa / Species scientific name / LC50/EC50 (μg L-1)Invertebrate / Moina macrocopa / 1.00
Daphnia cucullata / 2.35
Daphnia obtusa / 2.80
Ceriodaphnia reticulata / 2.90
Daphnia magna / 5.48
Daphnia hyalina / 5.50
Ceriodaphnia dubia / 8.80
Macrobrachium nipponense / 13.10
Daphnia pulex / 24.56
Moina dubia / 27.00
Daphnia rosea / 36.28
Chydorus sphaericus / 43.17
Branchiura sowerbyi / 80.00
Lumbriculus variegatus / 100.00
Nais communis / 160.00
Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri / 180.00
Asellus aquaticus / 199.00
Aedes aegypti / 290.00
Tubifex tubifex / 418.33
Eriocheir sinensis / 442.30
Spirosperma nikolskyi / 500.00
Dugesia japonica / 647.00
Culex pipiens / 1400.00
Ephemerella subvaria / 2000.00
Chironomus plumosus / 3057.06
vertebrate / Ictalurus punctatus / 0.30
Carassius auratus / 0.70
Rana hexadactyla / 51.00
Tanichthys albonubes / 75.00
Bufo melanostictus / 89.81
Rana limnocharis / 103.00
Spinibarbus sinensis / 141.00
Thymallus arcticus / 164.41
Heteropneustes fossilis / 188.17
Rhodens sinensis / 193.00
Pseudorasbora parva / 244.00
Ctenopharyngodon idellus / 362.00
Rhodeus ocellatus / 362.10
Microhyla ornata / 365.15
Clarias batrachus / 380.00
Rana chensinensis / 488.00
Cyprinus carpio / 527.72
Anabas testudineus / 641.00
Monopterus albus / 670.00
Misgurnus bipartitus / 692.80
Bufo viridis / 700.00
Rana tigrina / 17164.79
Table S6 LC50/EC50 for species in America for Hg2+
Taxa / Species scientific name / LC50/EC50 (μg L-1)Invertebrate / Daphnia magna / 3.7
Daphnia pulex / 2.9
Ceriodaphnia reticulata / 2.9
Gammarus sp. / 10
Orconectes limosus / 50
Faxonella clypeatus / 20
Acroneuria lycorias / 2000
Ephemerella subvaria / 2000
Hydropsyche betteni / 2000
Caddisfly,(Unidentified) / 1200
Damselfly,(Unidentified) / 1200
Chironomus sp. / 20
Chironomus riparius / 750
Nais sp. / 1000
Quistadrilus multisetosus / 250
Rhyacodrilus montana / 240
Spirosperma ferox / 330
Spirosperma rikolskyi / 500
Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri / 180
Tubifex tubifex / 140
Stylodrilus heringianus / 140
Varichaeta pacifica / 100
Branchiura sowerbyi / 80
Aplexa hypnorum / 370
Amnicola sp. / 80
vertebrate / Tilapia mossambica / 1000
Clarias batrachus / 375
Oncorhynchus kisutch / 240
Oncorhynchus mykiss / 275
Pimephales promelas / 163
Lepomis macrochirus / 160
Gambusia affinis / 203
Poecilia reticulata / 28
Table S7 LC50/EC50 for species in China for Cd2+
Taxa / Species scientific name / LC50/EC50 (μg L -1)Invertebrate / Palaemonetes pugio / 1.1
Simocephalus serrulatus / 13.1
Macrobrachium nipponnensic / 19.0
Gammarus pulex / 20.0
Simocephalus vetulus / 24.0
Daphnia magna / 39.1
Gammarus lacustris / 40.1
Ceriodaphnia dubia / 54.8
Brachionus calyciflorus / 70.0
Moina macrocopa / 71.3
Asellus aquaticus / 79.8
Physa fontinalis / 80.0
Daphnia pulex / 105.7
Ceriodaphnia reticulata / 110.1
Hydra vulgaris / 115.2
Eurytemora affinis / 120.0
Hydra viridissima / 210.0
Hydra oligactis / 320.0
Chironomus plumosus / 400.0
Alona affinis / 546.0
Daphnia obtusa / 580.0
Daphnia carinata / 651.1
Lumbriculus variegatus / 780.0
Procambarus clarkii / 1199.6
Tubifex tubifex / 1678.9
Hydra pseudoligactis / 1810.0
Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri / 2400.0
Bellamya purificata / 3390.0
Eriocheir sinensis / 3453.4
Sinopotamon henanense / 10170.0
Propsilocerus akamusi / 55374.9
Branchiura sowerbyi / 58020.0
vertebrate / Aristichthys nobilis / 280.0
Cichlasoma managuense / 480.0
Carassius auratus / 748.0
Salmo trutta / 1.4
Ctenopharyngodon idellus / 2422.9
Rana limnochari / 2820.8
Rana nigromaculata / 3100.0
Cyprinus carpio / 3801.9
Megalobrama pellegrini / 4440.0
Tanichthys albonubes / 4447.0
Cyprinus carpiovar / 4560.0
Pseudorosbora parva / 6294.0
Gasterosteus aculeatus / 6500.0
Bufo bufogargarizans / 7462.7
Gobiocypris rarus / 12240.0
Channa striata / 19400.0
Misgurnus anguillicaudatus / 56500.0
Table S8 LC50/EC50 for species in America for Cd2+
Taxa / Species scientific name / LC50/EC50 (μg L -1)Invertebrate / Orconectes virilis / 12755
Simocephalus serrulatus / 33.2
Simocephalus vetulus / 27.03
Daphnia magna / 14.2
Daphnia pulex / 31.43
Rhyacodrilus montana / 7921
Stylodrilus heringianus / 6915
Spirosperma ferox / 4401
Spirosperma nikolskui / 5658
Varichaeta pacifica / 4778
Tubifex tubifex / 4024
Quistradilus multisetosus / 4024
Amnicola sp. / 3800
Branchiura sowerbyi / 3018
Ephemerella grandis / 2310
Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri / 2137
Nais sp. / 1700
Crangonyx pseudogracilis / 1700
Chironomus sp. / 1200
Asellus bicrenata / 401
Plumatella emarginata / 221.9
Physa gyrina / 156.9
Pectinatella magnifica / 142.5
Aplexa hypnorum / 104.0
Gammarus pseudolimnaeus / 80.33
Gammarus sp. / 70.00
Ceriodaphnia reticulata / 48.28
Lirceus alabamae / 42.8
Moina macrocopa / 40.78
Lophopodella carteri / 30.54
vertebrate / Carassius auratus / 8325
Pimephales promelas / 30.50
Gambusia affinis / 7685
Gasterosteus aculeatus / 4977
Poecilia reticulata / 3570
Catostomus commersoni / 3514
Jordanella floridae / 2888
Ptychocheilus oregonensis / 2400
Lepomis cyanellus / 2399
Lepomis gibbosus / 1347
Lepomis macrochirus / 4249
Anguilla rostrata / 736
Cyprinus carpio / 215.5
Oncorhynchus kisutch / 6.48
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha / 4.254
Oncorhynchus mykiss / 5.78
Morone americana / 7544
Morone saxatilis / 2.682
Salmo trutta / 1.647
Fundulus diaphanus / 98.79
Table S9 LC50/EC50 for species in China for nitrobenzene
Taxa / Species scientific name / LC50/EC50 (mg L-1)Invertebrate / Daphnia magna / 38.99
Daphnia carinata / 39.8
Macrobrachium nipponense / 0.039
Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri / 116.12
Cipangopaludina cahayensis / 103.3
Lymnaea stagnalis / 64.5
Culex pipiens / 70
Chlorohydra sp. / 0.22
vertebrate / Rana chensinensis / 161.9
Rana amurensis / 0.071
Poecilia reticulate / 135
Gobiocypris rarus / 133
Xiphophorus helleri / 127.29
Carassius auratus / 119.1
Misgurnus bipartius / 79.697
Pelteobagrus fulvidraco / 76.22
Lepomis macrochirus / 43
Oncorhynchus mykiss / 24.23
Cyprinus carpio / 1.907
Oryzias latipes / 1.8
Table S10 LC50/EC50 for species in America for nitrobenzene
Taxa / Species scientific name / LC50/EC50 (mg L-1)Invertebrate / Daphnia magna / 24.49
Daphnia carinata / 39.8
Ceriodaphnia dubia / 54.4
Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri / 116.12
Lymnaea stagnalis / 64.5
Culex pipiens / 70
vertebrate / Carassius auratus / 119.1
Danio rerio / 101.73
Lepomis macrochirus / 43
Oncorhynchus mykiss / 0.000197
Cyprinus carpio / 1.907
Pimephales promelas / 99.15
Poecilia reticulata / 135.00
Table S11 LC50/EC50 for species in China for 2,4,6-trichlorophenol
Taxa / Species scientific name / LC50/EC50 (mg L-1)Invertebrates / Daphnia magna / 1.73
Ceriodaphnia dubia / 4.0
Daphnia carinata / 7.5
Daphnia pulex / 3.9
Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri / 7.52
Radix plicatula / 2.95
Chironomus sp. / 2.06
Brachionus calyciflorus / 3.0
vertebrates / Rana nigromaculata / 7.46
Bufo bufo gargarizans / 8.63
Ctenopharyngodon idellus / 3.54
Carassius auratus / 4.31
Tilapia mossambica / 5.66
Lepomis macrochirus / 0.36
Oncorhynchus mykiss / 1.21
Oryzias latipes / 2.3
Table S12 LC50/EC50 for species in America for 2,4,6-trichlorophenol
Taxa / Species scientific name / LC50/EC50 (mg L-1)Invertebrates / Daphnia magna / 1.72
Ceriodaphnia dubia / 4.0
Daphnia pulex / 3.9
Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri / 7.52
Aplexa hypnorum / 5.5
Chironomus sp. / 2.06
vertebrates / Xenopus laevis / 1.2
Carassius auratus / 4.31
Tilapia mossambica / 5.66
Danio rerio / 0.96
Jordanella floridae / 2.23
Lepomis macrochirus / 0.36
Oncorhynchus mykiss / 1.21
Pimephales promelas / 5.32
Poecilia reticulata / 0.009
Tanytarsus dissimilis / 23.40
Table S13 LC50/EC50 for species in China for 2,4-dichlorophenol
Taxa / Species scientific name / LC50/EC50 (mg L-1)Invertebrates / Daphnia magna / 2.12
Moina macrocopa / 15.53
Gammarus pulex / 1.82
Chironomus sp. / 2.74
Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri / 9.89
Radix plicatula / 3.37
vertebrates / Bufo bufo gargarizans / 9.46
Rana nigromaculata / 9.85
Rana chensinensis / 11.48
Carassius auratus / 7.94
Tilapia mossambica / 8.35
Lepomis macrochirus / 1.6
Ctenopharyngodon idellus / 5.25
Oncorhynchus mykiss / 2.615
Oryzias latipes / 4.5
Cyprinus carpio / 13.9
Misgurnus anguillicaudatus / 3.59
Table S14 LC50/EC50 for species in America for 2,4-dichlorophenol
Taxa / Species scientific name / LC50/EC50 (mg L-1)Invertebrates / Moina macrocopa / 15.53
Daphnia magna / 2.464
Gammarus pulex / 1.82
Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri / 9.89
Chironomus sp. / 2.74
vertebrates / Carassius auratus / 7.94
Lepomis macrochirus / 1.6
Ictalurus punctatus / 1.773
Oncorhynchus mykiss / 2.615
Pimephales promelas / 8.614
Poecilia reticulata / 5.5
Cyprinus carpio / 13.9
Tilapia mossambica / 8.35
Table S15 LC50/EC50 for species in China for parathion
Taxa / Species scientific name / LC50/EC50 (μg L-1)Invertebrates / Daphnia magna / 1.57
Daphnia pulex / 0.58
Simocephalus serrulatus / 0.28
Ceriodaphnia dubia / 0.23
Artemia sinica / 520
Procambarus sp. / 250
Asellus aquaticus / 13.71
Gammarus lacustris / 3.5
Chironomus plumosus / 39
Chironomus riparius / 1.697
Cloeon dipterum / 2.23
Hexagenia bilineata / 15
Cheumatopsyche sp. / 7.25
Tubifex sp. / 5230
Limnodrilus sp. / 5230
Cipangopaludina malleata / 12000
Semisulcospira libertina / 10000
Indoplanorbis exustus / 12000
vertebrates / Erpobdella octoculata / 160
Pseudacris triseriata / 1080
Rana catesbeiana / 1320
Rana limnocharis / 4744
Pseudorasbora parva / 1780
Xiphophorus maculatus / 55
Ctenopharyngodon idellus / 1380
Cyprinus carpio / 1804.94
Carassius auratus / 2223
Lepomis macrochirus / 158.24
Micropterus salmoides / 592.55
Notopterus notopterus / 580.76
Oncorhynchus mykiss / 773.10
Oreochromis mossambicus / 1759.55
Table S16 LC50/EC50 for species in America for parathion
Taxa / Species scientific name / LC50/EC50 (μg L-1)Invertebrates / Daphnia magna / 1.0
Daphnia pulex / 0.6
Simocephalus serrulatus / 0.47
Orconectes nais / 0.04
Asellus brevicaudus / 1130
Palaemonetes kadiakensis / 2.739
Procambarus sp. / 250
Gammarus fasciatus / 0.3628
Gammarus lacustris / 3.5
Hexagenia bilineata / 15
Pteronarcys californica / 5.4
Pteronarcella badia / 4.2
Lestes congener / 3.0
Acroneuria pacifica / 2.9
Claassenia sabulosa / 1.5
Ischnura verticalis / 0.64
Cloeon dipterum / 2.227
Chironomus tentans / 31
Chironomus riparius / 1.697
Chaoborus sp. / 0.8944
Peltodytes spp. / 7
Tubifex sp. / 5230
Limnodrilus sp. / 5230
vertebrates / Pseudacris triseriata / 1000
Ictalurus punctatus / 2650
Carassius auratus / 2223
Salvelinus fontinalis / 1760
Salvelinus namaycush / 1920
Salmo trutta / 1510
Oncorhynchus clarki / 1560
Oncorhynchus gairdneri / 1415
Pimephales promelas / 839.6
Lepomis cyanellus / 930
Lepomis macrochirus / 510
Micropterus salmoides / 620
Gambusia affinis / 320
Poecilia reticulate / 56
Oncorhynchus mykiss / 773.10
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